Konstantin Vishnyakov (born March 6, 1982) is a Russian

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who has competed since the late 2000s. He won two bronze medals in the K-4 200 m event at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

, earning them in

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and

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. Vishnyakov also finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event at the

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. The last showing in a World Championship was in

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, where he placed seventh in the Men's K-2 500m kayak double.

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1982 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Russian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Russia ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{russia-canoe-bio-stub